An excerpt from my script review for Star Wars First Draft which will be available 05/04/26:
2.) Plot Stability
When he was trying to launch this new universe, I knew George Lucas had trouble,...
Hi all.
No review today. Instead I wanted to take a bit of time and discuss something that’s been kicking around upstairs for yours truly, and mentioned more frequently in some of the...
An excerpt from my script review for The Invisible Man (2020) which will be available 04/20/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
To be clear, I’ve never read the novel by H.G. Wells.
I’ve also never...
An excerpt from my script review for Send Help which will be available 04/14/26:
1.) Marketability of the Idea
Give me the same, only different. – Sam Raimi
Misery meets Castaway was in all the comments on the...
An excerpt from my script review for Roofman which will be available 04/06/26:
5.) Format
This Saturday I had absolutely nothing going on.
Brought the boy home from college Friday afternoon, and he spent all...
An excerpt from my script review for Captain Blood (1994) which will be available 04/01/26:
2.) Plot Stability
My biggest complaint, aside from the similarities in the previous section?
Way too many sea battles.
Listen, I...
We break scripts down the Monday after its opening weekend. Read detailed reviews and see what current writers selling scripts are doing right, and sometimes wrong.
So after driving for 4 and a half hours in a storm, going to a film festival that didn’t even have my name listed as one of the finalists, and then spending...
An excerpt from my script review for Antlers which will be available 10/31/21:
2.) Plot Stability
Pacing.
That’s what I want to discuss about this particular script in relation to our own writing.
For a horror...
(Before you start, make sure to catch up on Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3.)
WEEK 4:
Slender Man - Truly this year's worst film. Characters would show up and then just disappear...
An excerpt from my script review for Spotlight which will be available 03/07/16:
5.) Format
The one thing this script proves to me, is regardless of every industry rule, technique, or requirement, if your...
(Before you start, make sure to catch up on Horror Week 1 and Week 2.)
Apostle - Did a great job at atmosphere, felt almost like a prequel to Wicker Man. Not as...
An excerpt from my script review for It Comes At Night which will be available 07/17/17:
3.) Quality of Characters
Thrillers require one main thing…tension between characters.
Post-apocalyptic horror thrillers?
Tension between characters while fighting for...
An excerpt from our "What Could Have Been" series and script review for Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman which will be available 06/05/17:
2.) Plot Stability
I’m reminded of a story Kevin Smith tells when...
Here's a brief look at my review of the Gladiator 2 script available 9/15/14.
Feel free to check out my full Gladiator 2 Script Review
6.) What I liked...
Like many of my previous reviews,...
